Twenty-two people living in Dei Edth Kaoh Phos village in Kandal province comprise this village bank loan group. They will use the loan for various purpose. Mrs. Tara D. is the 29-year-old village bank president. She is a fruit seller in the local market. Since her business is doing well, she wants to expand it by purchasing more fruit to resell. She hopes to increase her income and improve her family's living conditions with this loan. Her husband, Mr. Pech Buntha, is a hard working man. Mrs. Tara D. has two children who are too young to work or study.

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About AMK

Angkor Microfinance Kampuchea (AMK) is a leading microfinance institution in Cambodia with a wide reach of operations. AMK works with over 6,000 villages and serves clients in every Cambodian province. With an average loan size of US$115, AMK’s focus is to provide credit and savings products to the very poor in rural areas. For more information, please visit AMK's website.

This is a Group Loan

In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.

Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.